Baling-press.



No. 817,984. i PATBNTED APR. 1'7, 1906.

J. & W. H. NORTH BALING PRESS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNna.19o5.

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9 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN NORTH AND WILLIAM H. NORTH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BALlNG-FRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed .Tune 3, 1905. Serial No. 263,559.

To @ZZ whom t 71cm/ concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN NORTH and VILLIAM H. NORTH, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEaling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in baling-presses.

The obj ect of our invention is to provide a baling-press for baling hayor similar` material with means by which a longitudinal hole is formedin the bale during its construction for the purpose of admitting air tothe middle of the bale, and thus prevent the material. from mold ordecay.

Our invention provides, further, means by which the bale from one sideto said hole is longitudinally divided for the purpose of admitting airto the most densely-compressed portion of the bale.

In its preferable form our invention provides a baling-chamber havingtherein a longitudinal core around which the hay or similar material iscompressed, the bale when ejected from` the chamber a ter tying beingforced from the core.

Our invention provides, further, a cutting or dividing blade by whichthe layers forming the bale are divided from one edge to the hole formedtherein by the core.

Our invention provides, further, a novel form of block to be employed inconnection with the core and blade and used to support the end of thebale during compression.

Other novel features are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view, partly inelevation and partly in vertical section, of a portion of a balingpressprovided with our improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on thedotted line a b of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the dottedline c d of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of a portionof the core. Fig. 5 is a top view of a portion of the core andcutting-blade. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the baling-blocks.Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a bale of hay formedby our process. Fig. 8 is an end elevation view of a bale formed by ourimproved process.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts.

l denotes the reciprocating plunger, 2 the framework of thebaling-chamber, and 3 the feed-hopper, of the ordinary hay-b alingpress. Upon the bottom of the baling-chamber forward of the feed-hopper3 is mounted the core which forms the hole lengthwise through the bale.This core comprises, preferably, a horizontal portion 4, secured at itslateral edges upon the bottom of the baling-chamber 2 and having alongitudinal vertical portion 5 surmounted by a tubular longitudinalportion 6, in the forward end of which is secured a conical pin 7, inthe rear end of which is secured the forward end of a horizontallongitudinal tube 8. The tubular portion 6 is located, preferably, in amedial line a little below the central portion of the chamber 2. Theforward edge of the vertical portion 5 of the core is downwardly andforwardly inclined and has mounted thereon a cuttingblade 9, the cuttingedge of which is preferably curvilinear in form. The rear or outer endof the core is unsupported, the forward end being supported by thevertical portion 5, having the horizontal portion 4.

l0 denotes one of a series of head-blocks between which the hay iscompressed. Each block 10 is provided with a transverse hole 11, adaptedto receive the horizontal portion 6 of the core. Each block is alsoprovided with a slot l2, extending from the lower edge of the block tothe hole 11, said slot and hole forming a laterally-slotted portion ofthe block to permit the passage therethrough of the blade 9 and thecore.

In operating our invention the hay is fed downwardly through afeed-opening provided in the hopper 3 in a series of installments in themanner common to balingpresses of this character. The severalinstallments form the layers composing the bale. As each layer is fedforward it is ,formed around the tubular portions 6 and 8,

which form a hole from end to end through each layer. That portion ofeach layer below the core 6 is divided from the lower edge to the holeformed by the tubular portion 6 by the cutting-blade 9. This portion ofthe bale is always the portion most densely comressed, and by thusdividing it after the bale has been formed and tied a longitudinalairspace is formed lengthwise through the bale 16, as denoted by thevertical slot 13 and hole 14. (Shown in Fig. 8.) After a sufficientnumber of layers to form a bale have been inserted and compressed in thebalingchamber the bale is tied in the ordinary man- IOO IOS

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ner by passing the bale tieewires lengthwise around the bale, afterwhich the bale is ejected from the chamber in the ordinary manner.

Our invention is subjective to various modifications Without departingfrom its spirit.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. rlhe combination with the baling-chami ber, of means by whichpressure is applied to the hay or similar material, means by which ahole is Jformed lengthwise through the bale during compression of thematerial forming the bale, and means secured to one inner side oi' thebaling-chamber for longitudinally pliriding Vthe bale from one side tothe said 2. The combination with the balingcham ber provided with alateral Jfeed-hopper, of the longitudinally-reciprocative plunger in'said chamber, means for forming a longitudinal hole throu h the baleduring compression of the materia -forming it, and means secured Ato oneinner side oi the baling-chamber for longitudinally dividing the balefrom said hole to the side of the bale opposite the side ofthebaling-chamber through which the malterial is fed into the chamber.

8. The combination with the baling-charnber, of the reeiprocativeplunger mounted therein and a core in said chamber having a longitudinalhorizontal portion and a longi- Atudinal vertical portion secured to oneinner side of said chamber and around which the hay or similar materialis compressed by the plunger.

L1. The combination with the baling-chamber, of the reciprocatingplunger mounted therein, a longitudinal core in said chamber aroundwhich the hay ory similar material is compressed by the plunger, and ahay-dividing device extending from the core and secured. to one side ofthe baling-chamber.

5. The combination withthe baling-chamber, of the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a core disposed longitudinally in said chamber aroundwhich the hay or similar material is compressed by said plunger, and acutting-blade between the plunger and the core and extending from saidcore and secured to one side of the baling-chamber.

6. The combination with the baling-chamber, of the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a core disposed longitudinally in said chamber andaround which the hay or similar material is compressed by said plunger,and an inclined cutting-blade extending from said core to one side ofthe balin .-chamber.

7. The combination with the ba ing-chamber, of the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a core disposed longitudinally in said chamber andaround which the hay or similar material is compressed by the plunger,

and a cutting-blade having a curvilinear cut-v therein, a core disposedlongitudinally in said chamber and around which the hay or similarmaterial is compressed by the plunger, and an inclined blade having acurvilinear cutting edge and extending from the core to one sidev of thebaling-chamber.

9. The combination with the baling-chamber, of the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a core mounted in said chamber having a longitudinalhorizontal portion, and a longitudinal vertical portion supporting atits forward end the horizontal portion, and a cutting-blade disposed infront of and parallel with said vertical portion and extending from thehorizontal portion of the core to one side oi' the baling-chamber.

10. The combination with the balingchamber, oi the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a longitudinal core in said chamber around which thehay or similar material is compressed by the plunger, and a longitundinally-movable head-block having a hole through which the said coreextends.

11. The combination with the balingchamber, oi the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a core having a longitudinal horizontal portion and avertical portion disposed longitudinally between the horizontal portionand one side of the baling-chamber, and a longitudinally-movablehead-block slotted transversely from4 one edge toward its middle toreceive therein the two portions of the core.

12. The combination with the balingchamber, of the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a longitudinal core in said chamber around which thehay or similar material is compressed by the plunger, a cutting-bladeextending from the core to one side of the baling-chamber, and alongitudinally-movable head-block slotted from one edge to permit thepassage therethrough of the core and cutting-blade.

13. The combination with the balingcham'ber, of the reciprocatingplunger mounted therein, a longitudinal core around which the hay orsimilar material is compressed by the plunger, an inclined cutting-bladedisposed between the core and the plunger and extending from said coreto one side of the baling-chamber, and a longitudinally-movablehead-block slotted in one edge to receive therethrough said core andcuttingblade.

14. The combination with the balingchamber, of the reciprocating plungermounted therein, a longitudinal core around which the hay or similarmaterial is compressed by the plunger, an inclined blade having acurvilinear cutting edge and extending Jfrom the IIO core to one sideofthe baling-chamber, and a longitudinally-movable head-block slotted inone edge to receive therethrough said core and blade.

l5. The combination with the balingchamber provided with a lateralfeed-opening, of the reciprocating plunger' mounted in the chamber, alongitudinal core having a horizontal portion and provided with avertical portion extending from the horizontal portion to the side ofthe chamber opposite the side having the feed-opening.

16. The combination with the balingchamber provided with a lateralfeed-opening, of the reciprocating plunger longitudinally movable in thechamber, a longitudinal core having a horizontal portion and providedwith a vertical portion extending from the horizontal portion to theside of the chamber opposite the side having the feed-opening7 and acutting-blade disposed between the vertical portion of the core and theplunger and extending from the horizontal portion of the core to theside of the balingchamber.

17. The combination with the balingchamber provided with a lateralfeed-opening, of the reciprocating plunger longitudinally movable in thechamber7 a longitudinal core having a horizontal portion and providedwith a vertical portion extending from the horizontal portion to theSide of the chamber opposite the side having the feedopeningy and aninclined cutting-blade disposed between said vertical portion and theplunger and extending from the horizontal portion to one side ofthebaling-chamber.

18. The combination with the balingcharnber having a lateralfeed-opening, of the reciprocating plunger longitudinally movable in thechamber, a longitudinal core in the chamber having a horizontal portionunsupported at its rear end and having a supporting vertical portion atits forward end extending from'the horizontal portion to the side of thebaling-chamber opposite the side having the feed-opening 19. Thecombination with the balingchamber having a lateral feed-opening, of thereciprocating plunger longitudinally movable in the chamber, alongitudinal core in the chamber having a horizontal portion unsupportedat its rear end and having a supporting vertical portion at its forwardend extending Jfrom the horizontal portion to the side of thebaling-chamber opposite the side having the feed-opening, and alongitudinally-movable head-block slotted in one edge to receivetherethrough said core.

20. A core for a baling-chamber comprising a horizontal longitudinalbody unsupported at its rear end and provided at its forward end with alongitudinal vertical portion supporting the horizontal portion andhaving means for bein@ supported at its lower end to the bottom oi thebaling-chamber.

In testimony whereof we afIiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN NORTH. WILLIAM H. NORTH.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. HOUSE, R. E. HAMILTON.

